Step-by-step car buying guides for Indian buyers. Budget planning, loan tips, negotiation tactics, registration process, insurance advice, and everything you need to buy your first or next car in India.
A car’s length changes the tax you pay on it, and the rule turns on one number: 4,000 mm. Under GST 2.0, in force since 22 September 2025, a car that doesn’t exceed 4,000 mm attracts 18% GST provided its engine also qualifies: petrol, LPG or CNG up to 1200cc, or diesel up to 1500cc. …
Is Fronx 1.2 underpowered? No. The 1.2 litre petrol Fronx moves about 93.5 PS for every tonne it weighs, which is normal for a sub-4-metre SUV at this price, and it makes more power than the naturally aspirated engines you’ll find in the Venue and the Sonet. There’s one honest catch, and it’s load. Fill …
Which is better Fronx turbo or normal? The honest answer splits by how you drive. Book the 1.0 turbo if you spend real time on highways, climb ghats, or want the smoother automatic. Pick the 1.2 petrol if your world is mostly city traffic and you want the lowest price on road. Neither is the …
Is Maruti Fronx worth buying? For a city-first buyer who wants SUV seating height and Maruti’s low running costs at roughly hatchback money, yes. For someone expecting genuine SUV room or highway muscle from the base engine, probably not. And here’s the number nobody on the results page actually shows you: that ₹6.85 lakh sticker …
Which is better, Fronx or Baleno? The honest answer is that it depends on what you want from the car, because these two aren’t really rivals. They’re siblings. They sit on the same Maruti platform, both are sold through NEXA, and the petrol versions share the same 1.2-litre engine. So one isn’t good and the …
Why does Karnataka have the highest road tax? For the cars most of us actually buy, anything from ₹5 to ₹20 lakh, the answer is yes. And the reason catches people out: it isn’t the headline rate. Karnataka bolts an 11% cess onto the tax itself, and that drags your effective rate up to somewhere …
How much tax on a 10 lakh car? On a ₹10 lakh petrol car you’ll pay roughly ₹70,000 in Delhi to ₹1,56,400 in Karnataka as road tax on top of the price, and another ₹1,52,542 to ₹2,85,714 is already baked into that price as GST. So the total tax lands somewhere around ₹2.23 lakh to …
Are handling charges by car dealers illegal? Not flatly, no. No law or Supreme Court judgment bans handling charges across India. But consumer commissions have repeatedly ordered dealers to refund charges that were never disclosed upfront, never explained or not backed by any real service, and charging separately for registration work beyond the notified fees …
What is the biggest mistake that first time car buyers make? It’s budgeting on the ex-showroom price instead of the on road price. The ex-showroom number is the one splashed across every ad and brochure, but it’s not what leaves your bank account. The price you actually pay adds road tax, registration and insurance on …
Can I buy a car with a 20,000 salary? Yes, but only just. A safe car EMI at that income is ₹2,000–3,000 a month, which repays a loan of ₹1–1.45 lakh over five years. The cheapest new cars cost about ₹4 lakh on the road, so you’d need roughly ₹2.5 lakh in cash first. Short …
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